fjt_519251 - VALENCIENNES - CONDÉ SUR L'ESCAUT Prise de Condé - sur - l’Escaut n.d.
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Price : 10.00 €
Type : Prise de Condé - sur - l’Escaut
Date: n.d.
Metal : brass
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,5 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
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Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX .
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIS. CLEMENTIA.
Reverse description : Trois urnes d'où coulent les eaux des rivières qui passent à Condé (l'Escaut, la Haine, l'Hoeneau). Celle du milieu supporte un caducée, une branche de laurier et une palme.
Reverse translation : La clémence du vainqueur.
Commentary
En avril 1676, le roi arriva en Flandre. La ville de Condé fut prise le 26 avril, Bouchain assiété et prise le 12 mai. Aire tomba le 31 juillet. La ville de Maastricht, qui fut assiétée par le prince d’Orange, résista pendant 51 jours et les Hollandais furent forcés de se retirer. Il existe une médaille de Mauger qui reprend le même type.
In April 1676, the king arrived in Flanders. The town of Condé was taken on April 26, Bouchain was besieged and taken on May 12. Aire fell on July 31. The town of Maastricht, which was besieged by the Prince of Orange, resisted for 51 days and the Dutch were forced to withdraw. There is a medal by Mauger that reproduces the same type
In April 1676, the king arrived in Flanders. The town of Condé was taken on April 26, Bouchain was besieged and taken on May 12. Aire fell on July 31. The town of Maastricht, which was besieged by the Prince of Orange, resisted for 51 days and the Dutch were forced to withdraw. There is a medal by Mauger that reproduces the same type
Historical background
VALENCIENNES - CONDÉ SUR L'ESCAUT
In 1676, Louis XIV seized Condé (the seat was directed by Vauban) which became definitively French in 1678 by the Treaty of Nijmegen. Vauban then du Buat improved the fortifications of the old stronghold, which did not prevent the Austrian troops of François de Saxe-Cobourg from occupying the town after a blockade of 92 days (July 10, 1793). Cleared of the Austrians on September 3, 1794, it fell into the hands of the “Coalisés” during the fall of Napoleon (1815): they did not leave it until three years later, in 1818.
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